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Volkswagen’s PowerCo Is Taking Off

March 30, 2023 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, powerco, Spain, valencia, Volkswagen, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 05:10:30 +0000

Last year, Volkswagen started a new battery production company that would operate under the VW umbrella: PowerCo. Now, in March 2023, several announcements by the company show that it’s actually taking steps to become a serious player in the battery industry. What’s PowerCo? Before I get into the announcements that show Volkswagen’s making a serious […]

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VW Group and Canadian Government Team Up To Secure Battery Minerals

August 30, 2022 admin batteries, Canada, cars, clean transport, cobalt, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, lithium, lithium-ion batteries, Mining, nickel, policy & politics, powerco, subsidies, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 11:10:57 +0000

Rare earth minerals and other battery materials are shaping up to be very important on the geopolitical stage. As this piece at Quartz points out, China’s grip on the minerals that drive not only clean technologies, but other important things like medical imaging, came to a head for Japan in 2010. China was able to […]